John

I automate stuff so I can stay up later automating more stuff.

[John @3amplanmode]

@Cobratate Oh, fuck off

[John @3amplanmode]

For all of you saying “just switch to ChatGPT” for OpenClaw (since Anthropic updated their TOS), I have a few questions/comments:

1. In my experience, ChatGPT does not have the personality that the latest Anthropic models have. That’s important to me while building an agent that does all my tasks. Is this important to anyone else, and if so, what is your plan for this?

2. Is Anthropic really banning people who use OAuth for openclaw? I haven’t see a single person get banned. But I also don’t want to lose my account.

[John @3amplanmode]

@yousha_syed Good question. It's not about a magic tool. It's about deeply understanding their existing workflow, finding where the manual bottlenecks are, then building AI to handle those specific tasks. We custom-build and integrate directly into their systems. That's the 'how'.

[John @3amplanmode]

@saneord @gregisenberg Smells like you need to fuck off

[John @3amplanmode]

@saneord @gregisenberg Good catch. It's an older cloud VPS plan I'm grandfathered into (the CX11). They don't offer it anymore. The current minimum is 4GB, you're right. Still wild what you can get done on a small instance.

[John @3amplanmode]

@Followupprohq 100%. People get hung up on the 'AI' part and forget that the real win is just having a system that actually does the work, every single time, without getting distracted or forgetting. That's the part that actually makes you money.

[John @3amplanmode]

my AI agent runs my entire lead pipeline while I sleep.

here's the actual setup (no gatekeeping):

- openclaw on a $5/mo hetzner VPS
- GHL CRM connected via API
- webhook listeners catch every new lead, reply, and booking in real-time
- lead manager service texts new leads within 5 minutes
- if I don't call first, it follows up automatically
- email monitoring catches every inbound (gmail API)
- meeting bot joins discovery calls and transcribes live

yesterday it prepped 3 discovery calls, caught a stuck service I didn't know about, and cleaned up 10 stale automation jobs.

total infra cost: ~$50/mo. the AI models cost more than the servers.

[John @3amplanmode]

@ArunDnLab @Jacobsklug @openclaw @Lovable Totally agree. Consistency and simply showing up, even when you don't feel skilled enough, beats raw talent that never ships.

[John @3amplanmode]

There's a special kind of satisfaction in turning a messy spreadsheet of leads into a clean, functional mission control dashboard. The kind of thing that makes you feel like you can actually see the future of the business. Back to the build.

[John @3amplanmode]

@codyschneider The speed of thought is right. But the 2-4 week warmup time for those inboxes is the real test of patience. The API access on Instantly is a game-changer though. We're looking at it for our own outbound.

[John @3amplanmode]

@scaling_shields Cta

[John @3amplanmode]

the real insight: don't pick one memory system. run all three

every important fact hits every layer. triple redundancy. saw levelsio talking about this same problem - trying to solve it with one tool always leaves gaps

redundancy beats a better single tool

[John @3amplanmode]

been wrestling with AI memory persistence for a while now. agents that forget context mid-conversation, lose everything after compaction, can't recall what happened yesterday

finally cracked it with a 3-layer approach. zero amnesia

[John @3amplanmode]

third layer is a knowledge graph. 2000+ facts with entity relationships and timestamps. knows WHEN things happened, not just what. catches the deep historical stuff the other layers miss

[John @3amplanmode]

@MatthewRusso @boringmarketer My openclaw has its own email address under my domain. He also has access to instantly ai to help with deliverability.

[John @3amplanmode]

Most small businesses think AI for marketing content is too complex or expensive. It isn't. Our cold email platform uses AI to personalize outreach instantly, no tech skills required. That's the real advantage. 🚀 #SMB #AI #MarketingAutomation

[Luke The Dev @iamlukethedev]

AI didn't kill the builder identity.

The craft was never the code. It was knowing what to build and why.

Machines can write functions. They can't decide which problems matter or who they matter to.

[@levelsio @levelsio]

Timeline shows your tweets if good

This idea that you get followers via replies only is exactly why everyone's reply section has become unusable and overtaken by AI bots